Photograph by Alexei Nikolsky \/ AFP \/ Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nA newly emboldened Trump told reporters that he had furnished Putin with a corner-office suite and secretarial staff to use whenever the Russian President is in town. \u201cHe says he plans to be here more and more,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n
Putin, who moved file boxes into his new office on Thursday afternoon, said he looks forward to many productive hours at the White House with few, if any, interruptions.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the Kremlin, people are always sticking their heads in my office, asking me questions,\u201d he said. \u201cPresident Trump just spends all day watching TV.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the U.S. Senate, a visibly angry Senator Lindsey Graham called allegations that there was anything improper about Trump giving office space to Putin \u201ctotally unfair, disgusting, and vile.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cVladimir Putin has worked harder to run the U.S. government than all of the Democrats in Congress put together,\u201d Graham said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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